Apple’s newest store on Chestnut Street (SF) is a spectacular one-room, high-ceiling space that forsakes all the usual store designs for something new. The store in the city’s Marina District has stucco exterior walls instead of stainless steel, and suspends the back-lit Apple logo over the door in the midst of an all-glass storefront. Inside, the high walls of stainless steel are impressive, while the rest of the store follows the now-standard interior design. Read my full report.
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Wow that is impressive. Do you think that’s just because of the town/area that the all glass front, suspended logo, and tall ceilings are present? With a completely new space, as seen in the pics posted earlier this week, I guess they can create high ceilings not available in existing spaces like malls. It does look VERY elegant.
-Brian
P.S. Apple has up their one-day specials now.
I really like that design..it looks like the apple store cube but above ground..it looks cool!
Well, I would defiantly put that in my top 10 including 5TH, Soho, SF, London and Chicago
I was really disappointed that the same b***h manager who worked at the downtown store now works at the Chestnut Store. Ugh. Hopefully she’ll keep her mean mug in the office.
Apple did a great job in getting a very hip and attractive store open in time for the shopping season. But, seasonal shopping or not, it’s in the center of a very good area for techies and artists. Let the Marina BLOGs begin!
I thought I recognized that manager woman! The chubby one with the short brown hair. You’re right, she is one of the worse I have ever dealt with in the entire Bay Area. [IFO -- OK, no more.]
The Chestnut store looks great. Too bad the downtown store is such a monstrosity, especially now by comparison, don’t you think?
There going to be any more photos published?
-Brian
What? You didn’t go to Pacific Catch? The restaurant from the “calamari” iPhone commercial? It’s a real seafood restaurant (that didn’t serve calamari before the ad) just about two blocks away… I went there while I was at WWDC last year and it was great.
Woosh. That’s a NICE store. Do you think that stores for now on will look like that? [IFO - At least one source says, "Yes." However, some malls have low ceilings that wouldn't support this type of design.]